Tag: autopsy
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Appeals court rejects notion that coroners’ conclusions preempt other evidence of murder
Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that an “undetermined” cause of death from a county coroner does not preclude prosecutors from presenting their own evidence that the death was actually a homicide. In the case before the Court of Appeals, Denver jurors convicted Robert W. Feldman in 2022 of murdering his wife, Stacy Feldman. He is…
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Officer-involved shooting in May justified, 4th Judicial District rules
The 4th Judicial District in Colorado Springs has ruled the May 18 police shooting that killed 40-year-old Michael Hurst was justified, and that the officer that shot him will not face prosecution. The shooting began as a 911 call at 10:30 p.m., when a caller reported that her son, Hurst, a paraplegic, was “acting erratically,”…
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Terminally ill inmate dies at El Paso County jail
A terminally ill inmate at the El Paso County jail has died, according to a Tuesday news release. The male inmate, whose name was not released, was found unresponsive in the facility’s medical housing unit at about 9:20 p.m. Monday, the release stated. El Paso County Sheriff’s Office deputies and medical staff began lifesaving efforts…
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Suspicious death in Teller County remains unsolved a year later
On Feb. 27, 2023, 21-year-old Eduard “Lalo,” Castaneda and two of his friends went out to the casino in Cripple Creek. While his friends returned home, Lalo didn’t. Three days later, his body was discovered along Colorado 67 in Teller County. A year has passed since the death investigation was launched by Teller County Sheriff’s…
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Eduard ‘Lalo’ Castaneda: Suspicious death in Teller County remains unsolved a year later
On Feb. 27, 2023, 21-year-old Eduard “Lalo,” Castaneda and two of his friends went out to the casino in Cripple Creek. While his friends returned home, Lalo didn’t. Three days later, his body was discovered along Colorado 67 in Teller County. A year has passed since the death investigation was launched by Teller County Sheriff’s…
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Man, woman found dead at UCCS campus identified
Colorado Springs police have released the names of a man and woman found dead Friday in a dormitory room on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus. Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, of Pueblo, and Samuel Knopp, 24, of Parker, were autopsied and identified by the El Paso County Coroner’s Office on Saturday, according to a…